Fateless

Overview

A Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one's dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 10, 2005

Original language

Hungarian

Spoken languages

German, English, Hebrew, Hungarian, Yiddish, Polish

Countries

Hungary, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel

Production

Ingenious Media,Eurimages,Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary,MDR,Hungarian Television,Cinema Soleil,The Ministry of Education,Culture and Sports,The Israel Film Council,Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project,Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego,Renegade Films,EuroArts,MFG Filmförderung,Hungarian Motion Picture Ltd.,Magic Media,Hungarian Historic Foundation,Recanati Foundation

Cast

Endre Harkányi,Gábor Máté,Máté Haumann,Péter Fancsikai,Károly Nemcsák,Ernő Fekete,Ferenc Lengyel,Piroska Molnár,Márton Brezina,Péter Vidaand 13 more

Director

Lajos Koltai

Writer

Kertész Imre

Producer

Ildikó Kemény,Péter Barbalics,Robert Buckler,Jonathan Olsberg,András Hámori,László Vincze,Bernd Helthaler

Cinematography

Gyula Pados

Music

Ennio Morricone

Budget

$250,000

Revenue

$2,512,009

IMDb

tt0367082